Is ChatGPT Work Down?

LAUNCH (2026-07-09): OpenAI launched **ChatGPT Work**, an agent that takes goals ('analyze month-end budget variance,' 'turn research into a campaign brief') and works for hours across connected apps to return finished sheets/slides/docs/web apps. Built on **Codex technology** (5M+ weekly Codex users, 1M+ using it for non-dev work) and powered by **GPT-5.6** (GA the same day). Key surfaces: **unified plugins directory** (Drive, SharePoint, Slack, Teams, Gmail, Outlook, Salesforce, Adobe, Zoom, LinkedIn, GitHub, Canva, Dropbox), **Scheduled Tasks** (recurring/event-driven runs), **Sites in public beta** (publish interactive dashboards/web apps to a URL), and a **new unified ChatGPT desktop app** (Mac/Windows, all plans incl. Free) with built-in browser and desktop Computer Use. The **Codex app merges into the new desktop app** (developers can keep Codex as the default view); the old ChatGPT desktop app is renamed **ChatGPT Classic**; the standalone **Atlas browser will be sunset** in favor of the built-in browser + an updated Chrome sidebar extension. Rollout: web/mobile Pro/Enterprise/Edu 7/9, Plus/Business over the following days; desktop everywhere day one. Usage follows the Codex metering structure; Enterprise admins get spend controls + Compliance API visibility. Security: 'auto-review' inspects important connected-tool actions before execution -- OpenAI says it blocked 100% of adversarial data-exfiltration attempts in red teaming